Tilting bin.



FREDERICK KYLE, or MILTON, onneon.

TILTI1\TG BIN.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that, I, F BEDERIOKKYLE, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Milton, in the county of Umatilla and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tilting Bins, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tilting bins for household and other uses, and its object is to provide a tilting bin or container of simple and improved construction which may be easily manipulated and which may very conveniently be detached or removed from its casing when necessary for the purpose of cleaning the same.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction and arrangement of the pivot on which the bin is supported as well as the stop means whereby the movement of the bin is limited when tilted or swung from a closed to an open position.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing hasbeen illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the.

precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly in section, showing the bin closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bin open. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved bin B is mounted in a casing C which may be made of a suitable size to contain a single bin, or it may constitute a portion of a kitchen cabinet or other structure or of a store counter, or the like. The bottom of the casing supports a cross bar 10 having terminal pintles 11. The bin B comprises side members 12, rear and front members 13, 1 1 and bottom members 15, 16, the latter being disposed in front of the member 15 and inclined from thence upwardly to the front member 14:. The side members 12 are Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 29 Application filed August 5, 1913. Serial No 783,144.

extended below the rearward bottom member 15 to form brackets 17, each having a recess or notch 18 to engage one of the pintles 11 of the cross bar 10 upon which the bin or container will thus be tiltably supported. The notches 18 are of a depth ex ceeding the diameter of the pintles 11 which are spaced above the bottom member 20 of the casing, so that while the bin may be readily elevated from or restored to its initialposition in the casing, the notches will at all times safely engage the pintles and prevent accidental disengagement. The casing C, the front of which is open for the reception of the bin is provided at the lower end thereof with a cross piece 19 which extends upwardly from the front edge of the bottom member 20. The side members 12 of the bin are each cut away at their lower forward portions to produce a recess 21 having an edge 22 which is concentric with the pivotal axis of the bin when the latter is mounted in position and another edge 23 which is radial thereto. The recesses 21 accommodate the cross piece 19 of the casing, said cross piece constituting a stop that lies in the path of the radial edges of the recesses 21 while, owing to the curvature of the edges 22 of said recesses, the bin may be freely tilted about'its pivotal axis to an open or a closed position. When the bin is closed the front member 14 thereof abuts on the front of the casing; when the bin is open the lower edge of the front member 14 engages the outer face of the cross piece 19,,while the radial edges 23 of the recesses 21 abut on the upper edge of said cross piece 19, thereby retaining the bin in an open position.

.To remove the bin from the casing, it is first tilted to its open position and is then lifted to disengage the recesses or notches 18 be easily lifted out. I It will be seen from the foregoing that have produced a very simple and eflicient tiltable bin or container which may beeflectively used in stores or households for the purpose of storing flour, sugar and other merchandise. When constructed for family use the casing may be equipped with a bread board 24 which is slidably fitted beneath the top of the casing, as shown.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a device of the class described, a casing open in front and having atthe lower end of from the pintles 11, after which the bin may i the front opening a transversely disposed cross piece, a cross bar secured Within the casing on the bottom member thereof in rear of and parallel to the cross piece, said cross bar being provided at the ends thereof With depth exceeding the diameter of said pintles, and sa1d side members being also provided adjacent to the front member with recesses 15 having arcuate edges concentric with the pivotal axis of the bin and straight edges radial thereto.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK KYLE. Witnesses:

A. J. P. PLANT, T. C. FRAZIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

